In Afterword, Ravitch Brings Things Up to Date
To say that the new Afterword in the paperback edition of “The Death and Life of the Great American School System,” picks up where Diane Ravitch left off would be misleading; since the book’s original publication in March 2010, she hasn’t stopped.
“I’ve spent the last year traveling the country,” she said, when she delivered the keynote address at the 2011 American Association of School Administrators National Conference on Education in February. “I’ve talked to easily 80,000 or more people.”
In the paperback version of her book, “The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education,” which went on sale Tuesday, Ms. Ravitch continues her crusade
